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I fear I can't hold off Velocrank much longer, lacking Majka. Unless Rodriguez and Stetina make something magic happen. Almost thought I had it today with Craddock and Stetina in the break, or the other day with Rodriguez. Meh it was a good run.
DQS with 61 pro wins this year!! Everyone's talking up the youngsters but how about Gilbert, Valverde and (earlier this season) Nibali? Not too shabby.
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It's a real nail biter here in the VeloLeague and, from the snippets I see in the steephill headlines before getting back to my hedonism, a heckuva race.
I see my team has clawed its way into the top 10,000 of all of the teams and I have almost cemented my place off the front of the laughing bunch but decisively behind the shredded remains of the peloton. The cream of the crap. I'm a little disappointed I haven't done much full contact fantasy sporting this GT. Poor performance and prospects would never slow me down, I am a victim of poorly timed trips (walking in old England, motorcycling in New England) have gotten in the way. My only consolation is that my pale presence in this thread dampens the mitigating glimmer of joy and accomplishment @ooga-booga salvages from getting counterattacked and put back onto Pitcairn Island while I remain adrift in my life boat.
So there's that.
Or will "it's cycling" strike in stage 20? Tune in and see!
Fortunately, I am senile enough that I will be able to watch some of the replays and still be surprised by the winners. October Vuelta for me. And training for the Giro.
I see my team has clawed its way into the top 10,000 of all of the teams and I have almost cemented my place off the front of the laughing bunch but decisively behind the shredded remains of the peloton. The cream of the crap. I'm a little disappointed I haven't done much full contact fantasy sporting this GT. Poor performance and prospects would never slow me down, I am a victim of poorly timed trips (walking in old England, motorcycling in New England) have gotten in the way. My only consolation is that my pale presence in this thread dampens the mitigating glimmer of joy and accomplishment @ooga-booga salvages from getting counterattacked and put back onto Pitcairn Island while I remain adrift in my life boat.
So there's that.
Or will "it's cycling" strike in stage 20? Tune in and see!
Fortunately, I am senile enough that I will be able to watch some of the replays and still be surprised by the winners. October Vuelta for me. And training for the Giro.
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It's a real nail biter here in the VeloLeague and, from the snippets I see in the steephill headlines before getting back to my hedonism, a heckuva race.
I see my team has clawed its way into the top 10,000 of all of the teams and I have almost cemented my place off the front of the laughing bunch but decisively behind the shredded remains of the peloton. The cream of the crap. I'm a little disappointed I haven't done much full contact fantasy sporting this GT. Poor performance and prospects would never slow me down, I am a victim of poorly timed trips (walking in old England, motorcycling in New England) have gotten in the way. My only consolation is that my pale presence in this thread dampens the mitigating glimmer of joy and accomplishment @ooga-booga salvages from getting counterattacked and put back onto Pitcairn Island while I remain adrift in my life boat.
So there's that.
Or will "it's cycling" strike in stage 20? Tune in and see!
Fortunately, I am senile enough that I will be able to watch some of the replays and still be surprised by the winners. October Vuelta for me. And training for the Giro.
I see my team has clawed its way into the top 10,000 of all of the teams and I have almost cemented my place off the front of the laughing bunch but decisively behind the shredded remains of the peloton. The cream of the crap. I'm a little disappointed I haven't done much full contact fantasy sporting this GT. Poor performance and prospects would never slow me down, I am a victim of poorly timed trips (walking in old England, motorcycling in New England) have gotten in the way. My only consolation is that my pale presence in this thread dampens the mitigating glimmer of joy and accomplishment @ooga-booga salvages from getting counterattacked and put back onto Pitcairn Island while I remain adrift in my life boat.
So there's that.
Or will "it's cycling" strike in stage 20? Tune in and see!
Fortunately, I am senile enough that I will be able to watch some of the replays and still be surprised by the winners. October Vuelta for me. And training for the Giro.
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congrats to canam73 and team the bounty in taking the whole enchilada while nearly going wire to wire. picking all three podium finishers is well-nigh impossible to beat and a hefty kudos to that. team slow (s)pokes somehow managed to stay upright just long enuff for second while str8jakett’s Velocrank team came on like gangbusters to take third. thanks to all that played and hope to see you in la primavera for the giro!
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congrats to canam73 and team the bounty in taking the whole enchilada while nearly going wire to wire. picking all three podium finishers is well-nigh impossible to beat and a hefty kudos to that. team slow (s)pokes somehow managed to stay upright just long enuff for second while str8jakett’s Velocrank team came on like gangbusters to take third. thanks to all that played and hope to see you in la primavera for the giro!
Might benefit me to read the rules.
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Hey, that was enjoyable and certainly addictive, thanks for setting up the league!
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a ton of additional points for the final standings in the gc, points and kom categories. por ejemplo, canam73 had the top three gc finishers in roglic (500 points), valverde (400) and
pogacar (350) for a total of 1250, while i had #'s 3 (pogarcar 350), 5 (lopez 260) and 6 (majka 220) for 830 points. that 420 points was the difference. i had higuita and tgh with some extra points (150 total)
(and canam73 had chaves for 60) but not enough. those end of race points are huge so even if your guy doesn't win a stage but finishes and ends up seventh on the gc at the end, it's as good as a stage win.
normally, my 3, 5 and 6 along with a 14 and 20 final gc standing guys for 980 points would trump most players that picked the winner but little else. what do you do when your opponent sweeps
the podium? you bow and say "well done."
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the different daily competitions like the white jersey or the points jersey along with intrarace items like the second climb of the day
and the first sprint of the stage. the games within the game within the game.
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you're welcome and thanks for playing! i find it actually helps me enjoy the grand tours more. so many things to focus on.
the different daily competitions like the white jersey or the points jersey along with intrarace items like the second climb of the day
and the first sprint of the stage. the games within the game within the game.
the different daily competitions like the white jersey or the points jersey along with intrarace items like the second climb of the day
and the first sprint of the stage. the games within the game within the game.
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you're welcome and thanks for playing! i find it actually helps me enjoy the grand tours more. so many things to focus on.
the different daily competitions like the white jersey or the points jersey along with intrarace items like the second climb of the day
and the first sprint of the stage. the games within the game within the game.
the different daily competitions like the white jersey or the points jersey along with intrarace items like the second climb of the day
and the first sprint of the stage. the games within the game within the game.
So, this can't be it until the Giro, can it? More, more, more I say!
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Yes thanks ooga and everyone! I humbly tip my hat to Str8jakett who like Majka humbly pushed me to fourth.
Shout out to team EF, even with the catastrophe lent me a total of 1,376 points between the three. Can't wait to see Craddock riding again. Hope there's another one of these soon
Shout out to team EF, even with the catastrophe lent me a total of 1,376 points between the three. Can't wait to see Craddock riding again. Hope there's another one of these soon
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https://www.velogames.com/autumn-classics/2019/
fun in scrolling through the riders and i’ve got a team for giggles but having to modify/transfer riders potentially for every race isn’t my thing. it does seem to be for others, tho. this includes the world championship road race and others...
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A long, cold winter of plotting revenge lies ahead. Fortunately, revenge is a dish best served cold. And the Giro is very cold -- just ask little Stjevjen Kjruikjwijkjk about how cjold it was in that snjow bank. Where I stand a hjigh chance of winding up with hjim.
From the middle of the pack, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Well done, winners! Well done, losers!
From the middle of the pack, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Well done, winners! Well done, losers!
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^no more monty python and the holy grail for you, slcbob...
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Yes thanks ooga and everyone! I humbly tip my hat to Str8jakett who like Majka humbly pushed me to fourth.
Shout out to team EF, even with the catastrophe lent me a total of 1,376 points between the three. Can't wait to see Craddock riding again. Hope there's another one of these soon
Shout out to team EF, even with the catastrophe lent me a total of 1,376 points between the three. Can't wait to see Craddock riding again. Hope there's another one of these soon
there’s this:
https://www.velogames.com/autumn-classics/2019/
fun in scrolling through the riders and i’ve got a team for giggles but having to modify/transfer riders potentially for every race isn’t my thing. it does seem to be for others, tho. this includes the world championship road race and others...
https://www.velogames.com/autumn-classics/2019/
fun in scrolling through the riders and i’ve got a team for giggles but having to modify/transfer riders potentially for every race isn’t my thing. it does seem to be for others, tho. this includes the world championship road race and others...
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the classics are a different (m)animal. i just run the get off my lawn grand tours and some of the mid-season, oldsmobile weeklong races like the dauphine, toc and tds.
if someone feels compelled to champion and host the punks not yet dead classics game(s) in a fantasy capacity-feel free. post it in this forum and count me in.
if someone feels compelled 2 champion and host the metamucil/ovaltine/(p)runes game(s) in a fantasy capacity-feel free. post it in this forum and count me in.
methinx our own curmudgeon-slcbob-a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away-hosted a gt or two. coulda been the pleistocene period...maybe the miocene.
memory collapses and you invent it as you see fit...except with me finishing first at the tdf game. thomas edison in the rainbow jersey couldn't pace me to the top of the podium.
if someone feels compelled to champion and host the punks not yet dead classics game(s) in a fantasy capacity-feel free. post it in this forum and count me in.
if someone feels compelled 2 champion and host the metamucil/ovaltine/(p)runes game(s) in a fantasy capacity-feel free. post it in this forum and count me in.
methinx our own curmudgeon-slcbob-a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away-hosted a gt or two. coulda been the pleistocene period...maybe the miocene.
memory collapses and you invent it as you see fit...except with me finishing first at the tdf game. thomas edison in the rainbow jersey couldn't pace me to the top of the podium.
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^ yes, that may have happened, though it feels like it was pre-Cambrian. I am glad you took over and are blazing the way ahead.
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
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P.S. I just threw down for the NBC Sports Gold rugby world cup pass and it makes the cycling package look like a bargain! If I had to pay $200 for the cycling pass, I'd be watching every pedal stroke of Omloop Het Nieusblad and even that weird one where they race around the port to get my $$$ worth.
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^ yes, that may have happened, though it feels like it was pre-Cambrian. I am glad you took over and are blazing the way ahead.
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
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^ yes, that may have happened, though it feels like it was pre-Cambrian. I am glad you took over and are blazing the way ahead.
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
I was channeling the Wrath of Khan above. By the way, fresh off the Star Trek Experience near Fort Ticonderoga. Really. Google it. It's there. I got the Monty Python out of my system for a year or two (OK, maybe a week or two) while walking Hadrian's Wall -- alternately muttering "The Britons! Who are they?" and "What have the Romans ever done for us?" It's not clear why I'm not single. Though my lovely wife works with Special Ed kids and has the patience of Sisyphus so maybe it is a little clear.
The spring classics league is work. But you know how it goes, per Eddie -- the hardest races are the easiest ones to win, because there is plenty of opportunity for the lesser riders to be ground away and the best rider to move to the top. That's why I'm so lousy in the VeloLeague GTs. They're just too easy. Yeah, that's my story!!
OK then. See you all in the spring classics!
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